Malnutrition and poverty in India: does the use of public distribution system matter?
Abstract Background Large scale public investment in Public Distribution System (PDS) have aimed to reduce poverty and malnutrition in India. The PDS is the largest ever welfare programme which provides subsidised food grain to the poor households. This study attempt to examine the extent of stuntin...
Main Authors: | Basant Kumar Panda, Sanjay K. Mohanty, Itishree Nayak, Vishal Dev Shastri, S. V. Subramanian |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-10-01
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Series: | BMC Nutrition |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40795-020-00369-0 |
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